A friend reposted this op-ed piece I wrote a dozen years ago on the ways we use the words Allah and God. It is still appropriate.
articles.latimes.com/2008/apr/06/op
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The first time I began to receive hate mail was after this piece's appearance. Insane death threats and virulent hate. One was so infantile that I have never forgotten it. It said:
"Your Allah is about hate and killing. My God is about love and kindness. Fuck you."
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There really is a Deep State, the one that conspired to defund the American Educational system.


